PRESENT-DAY DISTRIBUTION 



In all this beneficent work man has been the or- 

 ganizing power, and could a thousand and one of 

 the common plants around us tell their story it 

 would fascinate the least attentive. This pen is 

 indifferently equipped, but the purpose of this work 

 is to show the intimate connection, the bond of com- 

 panionship, as it were, between ourselves — mankind 

 in general — and certain groups of plants. Animal 

 life, in all its higher forms at any rate, is depend- 

 ent for its very existence on the vegetable kingdom. 

 Man draws much of his bodily sustenance from the 

 products of plant life, and trees will yield, to all who 

 heed their beauty and study them, mental enjoyment 

 and healthful recreation. 



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